Lopez stripped of Housing committee, interns, over sex harass

Twitter has been popping with this during the last few minutes: Brooklyn Assemblyman and county Democratic power broker Vito Lopez is being roundly punished by Assembly Majority Speaker Sheldon Silver over some blatant instances of sexual harassment.

He was found guilty by the normally-tractable and usually slow-moving Standing Committee on Ethics and Guidance which didn’t hold back the details of his abusive behavior toward female interns.

In addition to losing the chairmanship of the powerful Housing Committee, Lopez is also banned from employing interns or those under age 21. That may be redundant since, as illustrated below, he’s pretty much been cut off completely in terms of resources and funding from the Assembly.

The case resulted from complaints about occurrences in June. The Ethics folks appear to be working at lighting speed here which makes one wonder if there are other charges in the works, perhaps from the feds or even New York City — all have been reported as looking into Lopez’s dealings.